If an inactive licensee does not engage in the practice of medicine or practice as a physician assistant, as applicable, for a period of more than 24 consecutive months, or if an applicant for a license has not engaged in the practice of medicine, perfusion or respiratory therapy, practiced as a physician assistant or assisted in the practice of medicine, as applicable, for more than 24 consecutive months before the date of the application, the Board may require the licensee or applicant, as applicable, to:

1. 1. Take the same examination to test competency as that given to applicants for a license, or a comparable examination; or
2. 2. Otherwise demonstrate his or her competency to practice medicine, perfusion or respiratory therapy, practice as a physician assistant or assist in the practice of medicine, as applicable.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 2222; A 1993, 2300; 2015, 488; 2025, 1603)